Online wills have pros and cons

Software an option, but lawyer ensures wishes are fulfilled

1:34 PM,
Apr. 4, 2013

Last will & testament

Written by

Ellen Margulies
| For The Tennessean

On the silver screen, the will is the impetus for spending the night in a haunted mansion or spending $30 million in a month without buying anything in order to inherit an eccentric millionaire's fortune.

In real life, it's a deceptively simple document that can dictate everything from who would raise your children to how your siblings might divvy up your estate. A legal will can be scribbled on a napkin. It also can be a multi-page document that costs hundreds of dollars in fees for attorneys. So, does that mean an online legal site is sufficient to draw up an uncomplicated will? The answer is a ...